AWW HELL MI
Rating
1609
peak 1610
Contests
20
in the data
First seen
2019-04-05
latest 2023-08-04
Best ToY finish
#151
Master 2021
Grand champs
3
1 reserve
Category wins
4
12 podiums
Overall top-10s
8
of 20 contests
Avg finish
top 33%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Current form
686.79 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 672.04 (+14.76)
Walk rate
80%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
5
best run (overall)
Consistency
±16.01
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 169.03 · weakest Pork (166.23)
Road miles
4028
mi across 20 mapped stops · furthest 383 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
FIREHOUSE SMOKE has finished one call ahead of AWW HELL 3 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
WE WILL ROCK QUE has landed one call behind them 2 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
TIRE SMOKE BBQ has come out ahead in 7 of their 8 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of B&R SMOKE in 9 of their 11 shared contests.
🏕️ Happy hunting ground
Bordertown BBQ Brawl is their spot: 2 Grand Championships in 3 visits.
💔 The heartbreaker
Came within 0.6060 points of the Grand Championship at Hoosier BBQ Classic Day 2 (2021-06-19).
🗡️ Giant slayer
Took the Grand Championship over a 32-team field at All American BBQ Throwdown.
📅 A June team
Something about June: average finish in the top 23% across 4 contests, versus top 33% the rest of the year.
🃏 Against the odds
Their Grand Championship at Bordertown BBQ Brawl (2021-07-16) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 31-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, iBQ'n.
Teams like this (closest power rating, MI first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 179.4400 | 152.5484 | 167.96 | top 47% |
| Pork Ribs | 20 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 180.0000 🔥 | 159.9428 | 168.82 | top 32% |
| Pork | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 178.8572 | 151.9428 | 166.23 | top 45% |
| Brisket | 20 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 174.8456 | 161.7028 | 169.03 | top 30% |
“Calls” = top-10 category finishes (getting called to the stage). Scores here are the final weighted totals KCBS publishes; per-criterion appearance/taste/tenderness marks aren’t in the public results feed.
By state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| MI | 9 | 3 | top 25% |
| IL | 6 | 0 | top 40% |
| IN | 5 | 0 | top 40% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 8 | 3 | top 25% |
| Large (40+) | 12 | 0 | top 39% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2019 (9 contests)
- Cooks mostly in MI (9 of 20 contests)
- Most-entered category: Chicken (20 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: Bordertown BBQ Brawl (2021-07-16)
- Wins it all in 15% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 672.04
- 1 perfect 180 on the books 🔥
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 672.4804 | 672.48 |
| 2022 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 704.5488 | 689.92 |
| 2021 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 691.3940 | 687.82 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 679.3940 | 663.37 |
| 2019 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 679.3596 | 662.13 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-04 | All American BBQ Throwdown Westland, MI | 21 / 44 (672.4804) | 7 (174.8688) | 37 (159.9544) | 27 (164.5372) | 3 (173.1200) |
| 2022-08-05 | All American BBQ Throwdown Westland, MI | 21 / 50 (675.2912) | 20 (169.6800) | 15 (169.7028) | 27 (166.2284) | 14 (169.6800) |
| 2022-07-15 | Bordertown BBQ Brawl Sault Ste Marie, MI | 1 / 30 (704.5488) | 7 (176.5716) | 1 (180.0000) | 1 (178.8572) | 13 (169.1200) |
| 2021-08-06 | All American BBQ Throwdown Westland, MI | 1 / 32 (690.2400) | 1 (179.4400) | 2 (172.0000) | 2 (174.2628) | 19 (164.5372) |
| 2021-07-16 | Bordertown BBQ Brawl Sault Ste Marie, MI | 1 / 27 (691.3940) | 3 (177.7028) | 3 (172.5828) | 9 (171.4400) | 6 (169.6684) |
| 2021-06-19 | Hoosier BBQ Classic Day 2 Franklin, IN | 2 / 37 (690.2284) | 1 (178.8572) | 16 (169.1428) | 17 (170.8228) | 10 (171.4056) |
| 2021-06-18 | Hoosier BBQ Classic Day 1 Franklin, IN | 4 / 51 (690.7884) | 14 (173.1200) | 10 (170.8572) | 13 (171.9656) | 6 (174.8456) |
| 2021-05-01 | Route 66 Smoke Out Dwight, IL | 11 / 44 (676.4568) | 9 (172.5484) | 13 (168.0000) | 10 (170.8228) | 26 (165.0856) |
| 2020-08-07 | All American BBQ Throwdown Westland, MI | 4 / 42 (679.3940) | 30 (162.2628) | 2 (176.0000) | 8 (169.7256) | 7 (171.4056) |
| 2020-07-17 | Bordertown BBQ Brawl Sault Ste Marie, MI | 15 / 31 (659.9084) | 28 (155.4056) | 7 (169.1428) | 12 (167.9772) | 11 (167.3828) |
| 2020-05-29 | Rockin BBQ Warsaw, IN | 40 / 66 (650.8112) | 63 (152.5484) | 26 (166.8344) | 35 (162.2628) | 13 (169.1656) |
| 2019-08-02 | Westland Area Jaycees All American BBQ Throwdown Westland, MI | 6 / 40 (675.3256) | 15 (166.8344) | 4 (174.2628) | 10 (169.1084) | 16 (165.1200) |
| 2019-07-12 | Harvest On Fire at The Winery Marshall, IL | 19 / 31 (656.9484) | 24 (165.6684) | 24 (159.9428) | 22 (163.9544) | 9 (167.3828) |
| 2019-06-28 | BBQ SmokeDown at Chicagoland Joliet, IL | 12 / 42 (679.3596) | 28 (165.6912) | 10 (169.7028) | 13 (169.6800) | 5 (174.2856) |
| 2019-06-21 | 11th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-Off Auburn Hills, MI | 15 / 30 (649.1656) | 26 (160.0456) | 9 (168.0344) | 17 (159.3828) | 15 (161.7028) |
| 2019-05-31 | Up In Smoke on the Square Lincoln, IL | 8 / 36 (673.0968) | 22 (165.7140) | 2 (173.1544) | 28 (159.9656) | 2 (174.2628) |
| 2019-05-25 | Red, White, and BBQ- Day 2 Westmont, IL | 28 / 48 (652.4912) | 10 (169.1656) | 28 (161.0972) | 39 (151.9428) | 9 (170.2856) |
| 2019-05-24 | Red, White, and BBQ Day 1 Westmont, IL | 18 / 40 (652.4684) | 12 (167.9772) | 15 (162.2628) | 31 (157.1200) | 17 (165.1084) |
| 2019-05-10 | Rockin BBQ Warsaw, IN | 28 / 42 (651.8740) | 27 (163.9772) | 19 (168.0228) | 35 (157.0856) | 25 (162.7884) |
| 2019-04-05 | CCSFest Indianapois, IN | 24 / 40 (668.4340) | 34 (161.0856) | 23 (165.6800) | 16 (167.3940) | 6 (174.2744) |
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #1170 (80 pts) | #879 (165 pts) | #1432 (60 pts) | #1287 (60 pts) | #708 (235 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #557 (360 pts) | #734 (245 pts) | #586 (390 pts) | #590 (340 pts) | #759 (230 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #151 (1159 pts) | #175 (1054 pts) | #250 (844 pts) | #274 (749 pts) | #324 (624 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #304 (376 pts) | #576 (176 pts) | #258 (481 pts) | #356 (336 pts) | #296 (411 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #340 (926 pts) | #465 (741 pts) | #248 (1136 pts) | #452 (766 pts) | #196 (1276 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #205 (1394 pts) | #239 (1234 pts) | #130 (1579 pts) | #234 (1244 pts) | #215 (1334 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #194 (1508 pts) | #201 (1398 pts) | #123 (1721 pts) | #171 (1508 pts) | #286 (1221 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #216 (1466 pts) | #222 (1341 pts) | #344 (1076 pts) | #262 (1266 pts) | #125 (1776 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #313 (1157 pts) | #368 (1002 pts) | #329 (1067 pts) | #180 (1472 pts) | #332 (1062 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #748 (412 pts) | #1067 (287 pts) | #760 (437 pts) | #693 (482 pts) | #1010 (297 pts) |